Garment--smpporter



(No Model.)

W. L. BRADDOGK; GARMENT SUPPOBTER.

Patented May 29,1883;

. of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State:

supporter, showing the arms separated.

I WARREN BRADDIOIGK, BOSTON, lviAsszgio nosarrs.

eAR TfenPPoRTER.

SPECIFICATION forming pa'rt of Letters l Pat entNo. 278,493, dated May 29, 1883;.

- 3 a licat n filed Febr unry 10, 1B83. (No model.) l

Toall who'm, itonayconcern: i

of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in Garment-Supporters, of which thefollowin g is a specification.

Myinvention isan improvement in garments; supporters, fullydiescribed hereinafterdwhere plate, when'turned to a position substantially atright angles with the arm E, willwithdraw by awmorepositive and effective: clamping action is secured. r

My invention further consists in improved 1 means for securing straps in garment-sup;

porters. i H it 'Ofthe. accompanying drawiu gs, form-in g a part of. this specificatiom'Figurexl represents a side view of the metallic portion of the supporter without the'lstra nihe ends of the bent arms being iuterlocked Fig. 2 represents a similar view withthesstrap. (Fig. 3 represents an edge view. .Figsd and5 represent, respectively, side and edge views of the Fig. (irepresentsa section on line a; a, Fig. 2, showing the strap differently applied. Fig. 7 represents a difl'erent form of supporter having a part of my improvement. Fig. 8 represents a sectionon lineyyfFigr'T. Figs. 9, 10, 11, and

12 represent modifications.

The sa e letters of reference indicate the same part in all the figures.

In Figs. land 6 ot" the drawings, A represents a metallic plate, having two slots, B (J, for thepassage of theusual strap, D.

Erepreseuts abent arm having inwardlyturnedends, whichare pivoted in ears FF on the plate A. The outer or swinging end of the arm E is contracted into a loop, 2, as shown in Gr represents another bent arm having inwardly-turnedends, which are pivotediin ears H H, as shown in Fig. l. The arm G is contracted near its outer endat 3y3, aud formed intoa loop or hook,.4, at the extreme outer end, said hook being turnedoutwardly and to form a loop.

y. narrower than the loop so that it can enter; :Be it known that I, WARREN.L..BRADDOCK,

in tbei positionshown inFigs; 1, 2-, and3the It .wilL. be 1 seen. that, the arms EKG-being pivoted to differentlparts of thewplate A, said the neck and book of the'arm Gfroin the loop of i the arm E, as shown inFigs. 4 and 5, and when the arm E will force the neck andihook of the arm 0 intoqsaid loop, as shown in. Figs. 1, 2, and 3. It is obvious,therefore, thaitthearms their engagement being positive and effective,

with a portion or fold of the garment to be supported, and then inserting the hook and its neck in the loop 2,as described, the fabric will Figs. 1, 2, and 6, which are arranged so that they will engage with the bightor loop of the strap D, which is passed through the two slots 13 (J, and prevent the strap from slipping through said slots. The cross-bars above the turned to a position substantially parallel with are interlocked with anddisengaged from'e'a'ch 3Q otherby a single movcmentofthe plate A, y

so that bycovering the book of the armjGr toothed cross-bar holdthe strap in the form of abight or loop, and therefore hold the strap in engagement with the teeth T T. Ifonly a sintoothed curved bar, the strap could not be held of some additional device to hold theiouter or. upwardly-extending end of the strap againstthe downwardly-extending part thereof, soas needed with my improved plate. Adjacent the Such additional device is not teeth T T is an unobstructed space, S,which enables the strap to be conveniently manipulated and passed freely around the toothed cross-bar informing the bi ght or loop. The ar-. rangeinent of the strap in the slots may be variously modified; One arrangement is shown 55 lhookcanonlybe withdrawn by moving the arniGfbackwardly. 1

in Figs. 3 and 5, in which the end of the strap is concealed, and another in Fig. 6', in which the end is exposed.

I- I I I represent ears formed on the plate A. Said ears are bent at right angles with the plate after the bent ends of the arms E G are inserted in the lugs F H and prevent said bent ends from being withdrawn from the lugs.

, I do not limit myself to the employment of the teeth T T and the unobstructed space S adjacent to the same in a supporter of the pre cise construction-above described,for they may be applied to the forms shown in Figs. 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11. In the form shown in Figs. 7 and j 8 the arm E is formed in one piece with a slotted plate, E, and the head 4 and its connecting-neck are'formed on a separate plate, G, the plates E and G being connected by the strap 1), to which each is secured by its teeth T T. Fig. 10 shows a single plate similar to thatshown in Fig. 7, and adapted to be secured to a strap by means of the slots and toothed cross-bar, and to be hooked onto a stud on-another garment. Fig. 11 shows a plate having three sets of toothed cross-bars and slots,wi th a central unobstructed space, S. A belt or strap passing around the waist may be w secured to two sets of cross-bars and slots and a depending strap to the third.

\ .jcross-bars, an unobstructed space adjacent to said teeth, and a spring-pin, R, adapted to engage with a catch, s. The pinRisins'e'rted in the garment-saythe'leg of apair of drawersand then sprung into the catch S and secures the strap to the garment.

I claim'--- 1. A garment-supporter composed of a plate,

A, having strap-receiving slots, and the bent from withdrawal therefrom by the ears I, as

set forth.

-3. In a garment-supporter, a plate having strap-holding teeth TT on one edge of a crossbar, an unobstructed space adjacent to the teeth, and two independent cross-bars parallel with and above the toothed cross-bar,separated therefrom by strap-receiving slots, and adapted to hold the strap in the form of a bight or loop in engagement with the teeth, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification,in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this-6th day of February, 1883. I

WARREN L. BRADDOGK.

Witnessesz- 0. F. BROWN, A. L. WHITE. 

